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Water and the Sacred is the theme of this 23rd

take care of the earth that nurtures us. In addition, we pay tribute to China and its ancestral heritage on Saturday 13 May.

FRIDAY 12 MAY 21h00 – Bab Al MakinaSpirit on the Water – Premiere 2017

From the Flood to the myths of antiquity, we sail towards the origins of humanity.

artists from Kuwait, Egypt, Palestine, Greece, France, Belgium, Spain, Brazil, India, Iran, China and Mali.Alain Weber, Artistic Direction / premiere

SATURDAY 13 MAY 16h30 – Jnan Sbil Garden

A virtuoso meets women and men to reveal their beauty and entrance us.19h00 – Riad Dar BensoudaLINGLING YU – Luth pipa – ChinaIn her imitative playing, Lingling Yu demonstrates the harmony of nature – nature incarnated in Chinese philosophy as the fundamental duality of Yin and Yang. Tribute to China

21h00 – Bab Al Makina WU OPERA OF ZHEJIANG – From the origins of Chinese opera

where djinns, serpents, dragons and even the Monkey King do battle.Tribute to China: in partnership with the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China

22h00 – Boujloud CinemaBEL LEIL AL ZAMAN– Nile Café – Egypt

featuring the Musicians of the Nile, tanoura dancers and a magician.Free of charge / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

SUNDAY 14 MAY16h30 – Jnan Sbil GardenMARLUI MIRANDA – the Soul of the Amazon Forests – Brazil In an indigenous language, the word Ihu means sound … all that penetrates our soul through our hearing, including the voices of spirits and of the magic entities of the forest.

18h30 – Boujloud CinemaCARAVAN OF LOVE IN ETHIOPIA – Film by Marc Vella and Hubert LagenteAs he goes wandering, pianist Marc Vella tells of his encounters with those who are working towards living better together. In the presence of the artist. In French, 2016, 60min / Free of charge / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

18h30 – Dar AdiyelINOURAZ – Berber song, poetry and dance from the Souss – Morocco From the plains of the Souss, the Inouraz Ensemble (meaning ‘hope’ in Tamazight) weaves Berber melodies with sub-Saharan rhythms, bringing fresh sounds to ancient traditions.21h00 – Bab Al MakinaSONGHAI – From Andalusian gypsy to Mandinka traditions – Spain/Mali

the guitar virtuosos José Miguel and Juan Carmona and the bassist Javier Colina,

22h00 – Boujloud CinemaBEL LEIL AL ZAMAN – Nile Café – Egypt Tribute to the Baladi culture of the Nile. Free of charge / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

MONDAY 15 MAY16h30 – Jnan Sbil Garden

Borrowing from the Arabised cultures of African and Indo-Iranian origins, the poetic

With the support of Kuwait National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters

18h00 from Jnan Sbil Garden to Boujloud SquareARESTES E S’URTZU PRESTITU – Ancient rite of the village of Sorgono – Sardinia, ItalyHalf bestial and half ghostly, the creatures you meet in this parade wear the masks of our ancient beliefs. Life, death and rebirth.Free of charge / With the Mandra Olisai Cultural Association

NIGHT IN THE MEDINA I: Flowing Rivers19h00 – Dar AdiyelTHE HAPPY MARRIAGE BY TAHAR BEN JELLOUN – Musical reading – MoroccoExcerpts from the latest novel by this Moroccan writer read in his presence by Nicolas Pignon and accompanied by Driss El Maloumi and his musicians. in French

20h00 - Jnan Sbil GardenERIC BIBB – Origin of the Blues – USAMaster of the acoustic guitar, Eric Bibb conjures up the famous Delta Blues of

deportation of slaves and the new exiles of the 21st century. With Michael Brown (guitar, violin, banjo).22h00 – Sidi Mohamed Ben Youssef Cultural ComplexHIBRIDOS – A great cinematic ritual: From the sacred Amazon to Afro-Brazilian religions – BrazilFilmmaker Vincent Moon and explorer Priscilla Telmon take us to the realm of water gods and the mysteries of Brazilian syncretism. An immersive experiment22h00 – Dar Adiyel WATER’S FIANCÉE BY TAHAR BEN JELLOUN – Musical reading – MoroccoSecond reading, in the presence of the author. Reader Nicolas Pignon and virtuoso Driss El Maloumi evoke the richness of water and its links with femininity. In French

22h00 – Boujloud CinemaBEL LEIL AL ZAMAN – Nile Café – Egypt Tribute to the Baladi culture of the Nile. Free of charge / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

TUESDAY 16 MAY10h00 – Dar Batha

– France Proof that music is the ‘shortest way to harmonise with the self and with life’. Novices and musicians discover that there are no wrong notes.Registration at the Foundation for a limited number of places. / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes 14h00 – Dar BathaOF GODS AND MEN – Film by Xavier Beauvois

assassination in 1996 of seven Cistercian monks in Algeria and bears witness to their high spiritual demands. In the presence of Michael Lonsdale.In French and Arabic, 2010, 120 minutes / Free of charge / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

16h30 – Jnan Sbil Garden

sounds draw us into the whirl of an ancient village dance.

NIGHT IN THE MEDINA II: Island Worlds19h00 – Dar AdiyelTAZIRI – An encounter on Mediterranean shores – France/Morocco‘Taziri is Mediterranean blues, a musical bridge between the northern and southern shores of our common sea.’ String player Titi Robin plays with Mehdi Nassouli, a gnawa musician who has worked internationally.20h30 - Jnan Sbil GardenLANKUM – Traveller Ballads – Ireland

rebellion, voyage and humour, musical jubilation must spring up! 22h00 – Sidi Mohamed Ben Youssef Cultural ComplexARESTES E S’URTZU PRETISTU – Ancient rite of the village of Sorgono – Sardinia, ItalyBy the light of the moon, a frightening procession of wild animals looms. Incantations and masked dances from a village in Sardinia immediately take us back to the origins of our pastoral soul. Life, death and rebirth.With the Mandra Olisai Cultural Association

22h00 – Dar AdiyelTAZIRI – An encounter on Mediterranean shores – France/MoroccoSee above

22h00 – Boujloud CinemaBEL LEIL AL ZAMAN – Nile Café – Egypt Tribute to the Baladi culture of the Nile. Free of charge / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

WEDNESDAY 17 MAY

NIGHT IN THE MEDINA III: Springs in the city16h30 – Jnan Sbil GardenGARDENS EAST AND WEST – Botanical Breath – FrancePianist Patrick Scheyder looks at the garden as a place of tranquillity and dialogue. With Michael Lonsdale and Madyan Matar, the music tells stories that pose questions about the plant kingdom and our place in it.In French / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

18h30 – Dar Adiyel

Artist Simon Elbaz, endowed with his French-Jewish-Arab background, could very well have been possessed by his character Maboul as he worked on bringing his village memories to life. In French and Moroccan Arabic

20h00 – Jnan Sbil GardenYASMINE HAMDAN – Pop icon – Lebanon

presents her latest album, Al Jamilaton long-necked guitars and electro-folk of a mysterious elegance. 22h00 – Sidi Mohamed Ben Youssef Cultural ComplexLABYRINTHS – Made in situ in Fes – Morocco/France

Abderrahim Amrani Marrakchi.Premiere

23h00 – Boujloud CinemaBEL LEIL AL ZAMAN – Nile Café – Egypt Tribute to the Baladi culture of the Nile. Free of charge / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

THURSDAY 18 MAY16h30 – Jnan Sbil GardenBELOVED GANGES – Harmony of voices – France/India Part of the musical project Resonance by Samuel Cattiau (countertenor) and Quentin Dujardin (guitar), this is an encounter between reinvented ancient music and the Vedic tradition making sound the source of all manifestation. With Pelva Naik (dhrupad song) and Sanjay Agle (tambour pakhawaj). 18h00 – Palais AmaniCLAIRE ZALAMANSKY – ¡Ay Petenera! Sephardic song and gypsy memories – France/SpainWith a background in Judeo-Spanish song, Claire Zalamansky brings to life with her

of Cadiz. 21h00 – Bab Al MakinaVICENTE AMIGO – Poeta – Spain

FRIDAY 19 MAY16h30 – Jnan Sbil Garden BARBARIC VIOLINS – Epic World-Folk – Bulgaria/Mongolia/FranceBarbaric Violins reinvent traditional music in the form of an electric road movie through fanciful lands from the banks of the Danube to the Mongolian steppes.

18h00 – Dar Batha

and artistic journey from a village in Morocco to Paris. A poetic manifesto for peace! In French and Arabic, 2010, 46 min / In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

21h00 – Bab Al Makina IZLAN – Songs of Moroccan Women

woman, holder of nature’s secrets. From Andalusian music to Amazigh poetry, we journey from the Rif Mountains to the plains of the Souss, from Sahraoui tradition to Judeo-Arab culture. Premiere

SATURDAY 20 MAY 16h30 – Jnan Sbil GardenAZIZ SAHMAOUI – Cuban Project – Morocco/Cuba Singer and guembri-player Aziz Sahmaoui is a conduit for a sacred Africa inhabited by its turbulent gods, from the shores of Mogador to the Caribbean archipelago. With Harold Lopez-Nussa on piano.21h00 – Bab Al MakinaMAGIDA EL ROUMI – Lebanon

her native land and in the conscience of her people. Like a great cedar tree with spreading branches, she protects places and hearts across the world.

PROGRAMME FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES

and families attending the Festival.For details, please see the programme at www.fesfestival.com.In partnership with the French Institute in Fes

THE CHILDREN OF THE NILE – Film by Aurélie ChauleurSeen through the eyes of Raouda and Bastoud, two children from the large family

explores daily life in the suburbs of Luxor. In French and Arabic, 2013, 46 min.

NILE CAFÉ – Dance, music and magic – Egypt

dervishes of Konya and Aleppo, the traditional stick dance (Raks Al-Tahtib) and the tricks of magician Mohammad Mustafa Bakhit.

- Abdellah Laouina, Professor of Geography at University Mohamed V in Rabat and UNESCO Chair, Environment and Sustainable Development- Mohamed Naciri, Professor of Geography at University Mohamed V in Rabat and in the Department of Human Sciences at the Institute of Agronomy in Rabat- Abderrahmane Ait Lhaj, Professor, Head of Support Department for Research at the National Agency for Development of Oasis Zones & the Argan Tree (ANDZOA)- Pierre-Louis Mayaux, Researcher in Water Policy & the Environment CIRAD/ School of Governance & the Economy (EGE)- Fouad Serrhini, Architect, Director General of the Agency for the Development & Rehabilitation of the Fes Medina (ADER)

FESTIVAL IN THE CITY20h00 – Boujloud SquareFree of Charge

Saturday 13 MaySaid GuissiIssam KamalSunday 14 MaySouad HassanRiad Al ‘OmrMonday 15 May Oussama AbdedayemNizar IdilTuesday 16 MayImane KarkibouNabil Boulboul Wednesday 17 MayHamid Kasri

Sy MehdiStatiFriday 19 MayFnayerAhouzarSaturday 20 MayCheb Rayan

FES FORUM - Prefecture Hall WATER AND THE SACREDSATURDAY 13 MAY - 9h00 > 15h00Terms of the debateWater and its spiritual dimensions SUNDAY 14 MAY - 9h00 > 14h00Water and the demands of sustainable developmentMONDAY 15 MAY - 9h00 > 14h00Water in fragile ecosystemsProfessor Driss Khrouz, former director of the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco and director of the Fes Forum, presents a discussion around the issues relating to the management of water and its fundamental character in nature and climate, conditions of life and the future of society, and more broadly of our species. To tackle this global equation and the challenges that it poses, Professor Khrouz has brought together European and Moroccan researchers, university lecturers and specialists, some of whom are:- Loïc Fauchon, President of the World Water Council

High Commissioner, Department of Water & Forests- Mohamed Bennouna, Professor, Judge at the International Criminal Court- Flavia Schlegel, Assistant Director-General for Natural Sciences, UNESCO- Asma El Kasmi, Professor at Al Akhawayn University, UNESCO Chair, Water, Women & Decision-Making- Ahmed Abbadi, Professor, President of Mohammadia League of Scholars- Edgar Morin, Sociologist, philosopher, Research Director at the CNRS

- Didier Viviers, Professor of History & Archaeology, Chancellor of the Free University of Brussels- Leili Anvar, Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Persian Language & Literature- Gérard Kurkdjian, Artistic Advisor of the Udaipur World Music Festival (Rajasthan, India)- Assia BenSalah Alaoui, Vice-Chair of the Morocco-Japan Friendship Association, Ambassador At Large, Kingdom of Morocco- Mohamed Ait Kadi, President of the National Agricultural Council, specialist- Moha Marghi, Researcher, specialist in agricultural development- Abdeslam Ziyad,- Grigori Lazarev, Sociologist, international specialist- Lahoussine Akrajay, Director of Oum Er Rbia River Basin Agency- Brahim Akdim, Vice-chancellor of the University sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Fes; geography researcher- Houria Tazi Sadeq, Professor, lawyer and UNESCO Interdisciplinary Chair, Sustainable Management of Water

SUFI NIGHTS23h00 – Dar TaziFree of charge

Saturday 13 May Tariqa Ouazzania - Mourad El Hachimi – Fes Sunday 14 MayTariqa Tijaniyya - Ensemble Al Anouar Zawya Idrisiya - Moulay Driss ZerhounMonday 15 MayTariqa Hassania - Cheikh Ma El Aïnin and Fatima Charii – GuelmimeTuesday 16 May Tariqa Harrakiya - Slimani Ensemble – TazaWednesday 17 MayTariqa Aïssawa - Abdellah Yaakoubi, with the participation of the Tariqa Sakaliya (song)

Tariqa Hamadcha - Abderrahim Amrani Marrakchi, with the participation of the Tariqa Chadiliya (song)Friday 19 MayTariqa Naqshbandiyya - Fes voices Saturday 20 May Al Hadra Zaylachiya - Jamila Beni’aich – Assilah

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PassFor all events - Concerts and ForumNights in the Medina - 15, 16 and 17 May (for 1 venue on 1 evening)Fes Forum - 13, 14 and 15 May (3 mornings)

Individual ticketsBab Makina- 12 May : Spirit on the Water- 20 May : Magida El Roumi- 13 May : Wu Opera - 14 May : Songhai- 18 May :Vicente Amigo - 19 May : Izlan

Jnan Sbil Garden- 13 May : Marc Vella - 14 May : Marlui Miranda - 15 May : Salman El Ammari- 16 May : Stelios Petrakis - 17 May : Gardens East and West- 18 May : Beloved Ganges - 19 May : Barbaric Violins - 20 May : Aziz Sahmaoui

Jnan Sbil Garden (Nights in the Medina)- 15 May : Eric Bibb - 16 May : Lankum- 17 May : Yasmine Hamdan

Riad Dar Bensouda- 13 May: Lingling Yu (limited places)

Palais Amani- 18 May : Claire Zalamansky (limited places)

Dar Adiyel- 14 May : Inouraz - 15 May : Happy Marriage & Water’s Fiancée - 16 May : Taziri - 17 May : Mchouga-Maboul

Sidi Mohamed Ben Youssef Cultural Complex- 15 May : Hibridos - 16 May : Arestes E S’urtsu Pretistu- 17 May : Labyrinths

Fes Forum- 13, 14 ou 15 May (1 morning)

Spirit of Fes FoundationSidi Al Khayat, BP679, Fes 30200, MoroccoTel : +212 5 35 74 05 35contact@espritdefes.comwww.fesfestival.com Objectif Maroc9 Rue de Libye, Fes, MarocTel : +212 5 35 65 28 16/17/18 Fax : +212 5 35 62 17 76 ou 5 35 62 49 93

Monarch TravelCasablanca 15 rue Najib MahfoudTel : +212 5 22 470 070 / Fax : +212 5 22 470 079Atlas voyage 15 rue Bouchaib Doukkali, bd Prince Héritier 30000 Fes,Tel : +212 5 35 94 12 12, Fax : +212 5 35 94 28 75vofes-1@atlasvoyages.co.maAgence S’tours4 Rue Turgot Quartier Racine, Casablanca20100 - MarocTel : +212 5 22 36 13 04 - Fax : +212 5 22 36 19 85h.elrhazi@stoursvoyages.com

Clément voyage :61, av de l’Armée Royale Quartier : Sidi Belyout - CasablancaTel 1: +212 5 22 31 40 41Fax : +212 5 22 31 16 16K.T.I. voyagesKasbah tours international Morocco3, rue Isli ex Hirondelles - 20100 CasablancaTel : +212 5 22 398 572Tel : +212 5 22 398 573fax : +212 5 22 393 080

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